SEE UPCOMING EVENTS!

soldier husband/fathers after up to six years of fighting. In America the returning G.I.'s were regaled with the G.I. Bill which gave them education and homes. In war-devastated and bankrupt Britain, the returning Tommy's (British soldiers), got Holiday Camps and The National Health System.
These collective 2-week-a-year vacation spots were first opened along the British coast using converted war-time army barracks by enterprising companies like Butlins & Pontins. Once in the holiday camp all amenities were free such as food, amusements and baby-sitting. (The baby boom started somewhere!). Imagine Club Med in pre-fall East Germany. My family went to Butlins in Skegness for their first holiday.